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Light earthquake, 4.25 mag was detected near Pole Ojea in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 17.5336S, -68.035WA light earthquake magnitude 4.25 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 102 km WSW of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico (63 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: pr2024304000. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nnya, pr2024304000. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/10/24 / 2024-10-30 05:26:01 / October 30, 2024 @ 5:26 am. Exact location of event, longitude -68.035 West, latitude 17.5336 North, depth = 57 km. The 4.25-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:26:01 / 5:26 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 57 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 102 km WSW of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.25 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.035° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.5336° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 57 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 102 km WSW of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-30 05:26:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-30 06:03:43 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 278 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network pr The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 27 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.0392 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.4 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 220 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type md The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID pr2024304000 Id of event.
Event Code 2024304000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nnya,pr2024304000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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